Re: 2 questions
where do i find a -smp kernel? i havent seen any at kernel.org?
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David Johnson said:
> On Thursday 09 September 2004 15:12, Nick Smith wrote:
>> the second question is how can you tell if you are using both cpus?
>
> The best way to check is by looking at /proc/cpuinfo.
>
>> its a stock debian sparc kernel, im assuming that it would come
>> default with SMP enabled, am i correct?
>
> Nope. The default kernel does not include SMP support. You'll need a
> kernel-image-2.x.x-x-smp kernel package.
>
>> and what is
>> ksoftirqd in the first place? these are headless boxes X is installed
>> (for now) but never used. the "k" in front doesnt mean its a KDE
>> application does it?
>
> I presume ksoftirq is something to do with IRQs - I don't know but I'm
> sure somebody on here does. In this case the 'k' stands for kernel.
>
> Hope this helps,
> David.
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